Africa

Only four of the region’s 49 countries are rated as having free media by Freedom House in its Freedom of the Press 2014 report. The remaining 45 countries were almost evenly split between partly free (22) and not free (23). Reporters Without Borders found that only one country in the region, Namibia, was in a good situation, and five were rated as being in a satisfactory situation. The rest ranged from having noticeable problems to being in difficult situations, with the exceptions of Sudan, Somalia, and Eritrea, which are rated as very serious situations.

World Press Freedom Day: Journalism on the Offensive in A...

Panel #1: How Digital Media is Changing the Landscape of Media in Africa
Panel #2: Promises and Perils: Investigative Journalism in Africa
Panel #3: Supporting Independent Media: How the International Community Can Help
Screening of Guidebook to Impunity
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How Data Journalism Drives Results in Developing Countries

The Center for International Media Assistance at the National Endowment for Democracy invites you to a panel discussion on
How Data Journalism Drives Results in Developing Countries
Featuring:
Ida Jooste
Internews
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Craig Hammer
World Bank
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Tara Susman-Pena
Internew...

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In July 2017, a group of 36 experts in media and governance from 15 countries in sub-Saharan Africa met in Durban, South Africa, to discuss strategies for confronting the growing challenges to media pluralism in the region.
Facilitated by DW Akademie and CIMA, the participants reached an agreemen...

Championing Press Freedom: African Journalists Push Back A...

As part of its observation of World Press Freedom Day, the Center for International Media Assistance is pleased to release Championing Press Freedom: African Journalists Push Back Against Repression, by veteran media consultant and Africa expert Mary Myers.
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Africa’s Media Boom: The Role of International Aid

This year, 2014, marks 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the symbolic end of the Cold War in 1989. It also marks the anniversary of the beginning of an extraordinary proliferation of media outlets in sub-Saharan Africa, which swept across the continent, freeing Africa’s press and libe...

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China’s multi-billion dollar telecommunications investme...

By Andrea Vega Yudico
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